Calvin College to host volleyball, women's hoops finals

Wednesday

Dec 11, 2013 at 5:45 PMDec 11, 2013 at 5:46 PM

Special to The Sentinel

The NCAA has awarded NCAA III women’s basketball and women’s volleyball championships to the city of Grand Rapids for the 2014-18 seasons.Calvin College's Van Noord Arena will host the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championships in 2015 and 2017 and the volleyball championships in 2015 and 2017.This will mark the first time since 1988 that Calvin has hosted an NCAA III Championship final. Calvin hosted the NCAA III Finals in men’s basketball from 1982-to-1988 at the Calvin College Fieldhouse. In 1977, Calvin also hosted the NCAA III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.“It is with a great amount of humility and honor that we accept these bids,” said Calvin’s Director of Women’s Athletics Dr. Nancy Meyer. “I know that our entire campus community is looking forward to putting together a championship level experience for the teams and fans that will visit our campus for these championship events. We have wonderful facilities and a great staff at Calvin College that will make these championship events special ones.”According to the NCAA, Calvin’s successful championship bids were part of a competitive bidding process.“We really want to thank everyone who put in a bid,” said Mark Lewis, NCAA executive vice president of championships and alliances. “The competitiveness of the bids made it extremely difficult for the sport committees to select sites as there just weren’t spots for all of the great bids we received. Ultimately the sites that were selected will provide our student-athletes, coaches and fans the best experience possible.”